{"id":57626,"date":"2021-10-21T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=57625"},"modified":"2022-06-07T16:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:11:24","slug":"boses-fra-nomination-advances-he-also-meets-with-td-slds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/boses-fra-nomination-advances-he-also-meets-with-td-slds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bose’s FRA nomination advances; he also meets with TD SLDs","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Deputy Administrator Amit Bose\u2019s nomination by President Joe Biden to become administrator of FRA was advanced Oct. 20 by the U.S. Senate\u2019s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Along with Bose, the nomination of Meera Joshi to be administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) also was advanced to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":7,"featured_media":57628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,45,18,25],"tags":[1090,4634,2527,4789,4790,3175],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFederal Railroad Administration (FRA) Deputy Administrator Amit Bose\u2019s nomination by President Joe Biden to become administrator of FRA was advanced Oct. 20 by the U.S. Senate\u2019s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
\nAlong with Bose, the nomination of Meera Joshi to be administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) also was advanced to the full U.S. Senate by a 22-6 committee vote. A timetable for the full Senate to consider Bose\u2019s and Joshi\u2019s nominations has not yet been set.
\nIn related news, Bose was a passenger Oct. 13 aboard the Amtrak Wolverine route from Chicago to Detroit with three SMART Transportation Division state legislative directors and also appeared at a news conference at Chicago\u2019s Union Station as the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission (MIPRC) unveiled its 40-year Midwest Regional Rail plan<\/a>.
\n\u201cLooking all the way through 2055, the plan addresses key corridor and investment priorities, potential funding strategies, and necessary governance structures identified by the states working with MIPRC,\u201d Bose said. \u201cWhile America\u2019s interstate highway system and commercial aviation industry are vital and indispensable, rail can and does play a key role in our multi-modal transportation system,\u201d Bose said. \u201cNowhere is that more evident than Chicago, the nation\u2019s rail hub.\u201d
\nSMART-TD Illinois State Legislative Director Bob Guy, chairman of the commission, as well as Michigan SLD Donald Roach and Minnesota SLD Nick Katich, all spent time with Bose during the trip before MIPRC began its three-day-long meeting.
\n\u201cIt was wonderful to be able to spend time with Deputy Administrator Amit Bose while he was in Chicago and on the train to Detroit as part of the MIPRC annual meeting,\u201d Guy said. \u201cIt’s clear that he is very aware of our serious concerns and frustrations with the previous FRA hierarchy, but his openness, communication and availability to our members and our leadership are a testament to his priorities and provides a glimpse into how he values SMART-TD’s input on issues affecting our members.”
\nBose also was a guest on the SMART-TD National Legislative Office\u2019s monthly Zoom call Oct. 11 where he discussed concerns brought up by both national and state officers.
\nA full recap of the wide-ranging discussion that Deputy Administrator Bose had with SMART-TD officers will be published in the next edition of the SMART-TD News.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"